The Press., 1887-03-10

lal church membership last Sunday -2 b,
 profession, 3 by letter.
 A sscrszy tea" is on the program fol the next sociable of the Congregations
 ladies.
 T Master Dennis, and three of his asso
 ciates of Stafford Grange, Messrs. Heald ' Witt and Chandler, visited Ellington l Grange last Wednesday evening. They
 report tip-top time. Ellington Grange
 is the oldest in the county, having over lOt members. Thirty new ones were mi
 tiated on the night in question.
 ss-The young people of Grace church. 1 in response to a general desire, are discus sing the question of putting 'Esmeralda' on the stage. This is perhaps the best play ever seen ill Stafford, and would bear repeating.
 Miss Horrigan has taken the shop op- posite The Press office, just vacated by Mrs. Trudean, milliner, and will continue there the millinery business.
 Nearly every one has weakness for the old fashioned minstrel shows, which have for nearly half century afforded so good chance for comedians to sing, dance, and crack jokes under the disguise of burnt cork masks. An outgrowth of tIe days of slavery, and the plantive bal lads of the plantation, they continue pop ular though the barbarism that called them into being has for quarter of cen tury been relegated to the past. And so we shall see Oronoco Hall we'll filled on Saturday evening, when the veteran troupe of Whitmore & Clark will appear there.
 The G. A. R and the ladies who are interested, or desire to become interested 1 in the formation of a Woman's Relief Corps will have social gathering at the post rooms tomorrow (Friday) evening. A col lation will be served. An alarm of fire about 7.30 on Tues- day evening was caused by the explosion l of a lamp in Bucks hardware store, and flames resulting therefrom. The store was closed as usual on Tuesday evening at D. m. and as was the custom lamp left to burn during the night. Several per sons saw the lamp on fire and saw it fall. [ It was making great blaze, and fell at the end of the row of shelving so that the blaze run along the end board to the up per shelf. Dana Gary and policeman Thomas Mullen burst in the door, and the former at once threw his overcoat on the blazing lamp, nearly smothering it; but the coat caught on fire, when the whole was smothered by the prompt sacrifice by off. cer Mullen of his coat also. A line of hose was promptly laid from the hydrant close by, but the water was not turned on as it was evident that the. efforts to put out the fire and the use of little water brought in buckets would be sufficient. There was small damage to wood work, and more to goods, which were scorched, smoked and dampened, on one or two sections of shelving. The fremen were out for prac- tice at the time, and quite near by with steamer all fired and ready for work, so that the fire was quite sat disadvantage, aside from being within reach of three diff ferent hydrants with over 11O pounds pres sure on. Had the building got on fire, ,and lespecially had the fire got among the oils, etc. in the cellar there would have been lively skirmish It was fortunate that the fire occurred at so early part of the night
 -Geo. E. Buck, who has been making a trip to the oil regions and further west, was prostrated last week at Chicago with a severe attack of rheumatism. He was able to make the return trip as far as the home of his father in Willimantic, where .his family were staying during his absence, and where he arrived yesterday morning. Y Samuel Rockwell was she buyer of the Abby Green farm at yesterdays auc- tion, paying $700.
 -S. N. Pages wooden block had nar- row escape from burning on Thursday last, fire catching in some unknown way in the hall way. It was extinguished without general alarm. < Frank Preston and his flute, and Frank Pemberton and his harmoniea make an orchestral quartette that peepIe are getting to app1 eciate. E The St. Edwards jpciety have had for some time in careful epreparation the tragic two-a act drama, entitied ssEilyO 0, Cons nor." This, supplemented with the fafee,
 tThe Obstinate Family, will be presents ed in St. Edwards new hall St. Patrick 8 night, Thursday, 17th inst. The follow ing cast of we'll and favorably known local artists foreshadow success, and hence solid enjoyment for patrons:
 Hardness Creagan, hero, T. Desmond Lowrey Looney, Irish comedian, M. Doolan Danny Maun, hunchback, F. O. Sullivan Mihel O'Connor, father of Ely, Jer' Sullivan MT. Daley, Irish attorney, Jas. Hampston Kyrle Daily, rejected suitor, Frank Brennan Capt Hector Creag, James Warren Phil Naughton, keeper of Chebeen, MT. Hall Ely 'Connor, heroine, Miss Aggie Hampston Anne Chute, "cause of all
 the IfOuD1o, M 1SS LlZZ16 6anloy Mrs. Creagan, Miss Kate Mccarthy Poll Naughton, T. Mullen
 Peasants, soldiers and servants.
 Eight bells at sea,
 duett, Messrs. Brennan and Mullen
 FARoE-' THE OBSTINATE FAMILY" Old Man Herford, Jas. Hampston Young ' Jas. Warren Mrs. M. Desmond Jessie '' l.. Brennan James, servant, Peter Sullivan Lucy, K. Mccarthy
 Admission, 25 cts. reserved seats, 35 cts. for sale at Hanley's shoe store and Gallivan & Halloran's. Doors open at ' :; curtain rises at 8, sharp.
 --E. o. Dennis is likely to build his pro- iected new residence, just east of the site of his present house, during the present summer.
 The ladies society of the M. B. chnrch, will meet next Wednesday afternoon and evening, March 18th. Mrs. E. K. Taft and Mrs. J. c. Cleaveland are to be host esses. All are cordially invited.
 -J. H. Segar, who is employed in a New York shoe store, is at home on two weeks vacation.
 A prayer meeting will be held at Geo. .Grifith's next Friday eeening, at o'clock, to be led by Capt. Annie Gabriel.
 Arthur Adams inhaled too much chloroform yesterday and Dr. Newton had tO he summoned tn 0rol1S0 him Ho hod